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'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎83r] (170/748)

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The record is made up of 1 file (370 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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3,4,1938..
a ns'i mvmmT ih kusisit
T^e people of Kuweit have started demanding reforms in their
country from their shaikh, and they have already approached him
on the following demands
If The expedience of spreading education in their widest measures
so that the people of Kuweit would be given the same opportunities
for education as their co-racials in other Arab Cou ntries^
2? Establishment of a Hospital at Government expense and providing
same with all the means necessary inorder to save the public from
diseases and spare them the need to attend Mission Hospitals which
are there for well-known objects*
Organisation of the country's economic position and expenditure
of its revenues on the improvement of its conditions in every
respect*
4* Closing the doors of Kuweit in the face of Foreign refugees who
have no ties with the natives of the country*
5 r Full permission must be given to the Arab nationlists to visit
Kuweit and no Arab should be prevented from entering Kuweit under
any conditions, and see that steps are taken to remove the mis-
- understanding that Kuweit is not prepared to accept Arabs visitors*
6* The mir should get in touch with all classes of the people
and^hear their complaints and conduct the affairs ana bases"
satisfactory to the majority*
7# The Kuweit people wish that this com try should c© operate with
'Iraq for realising reformatory projrcts and for its imporvement/
on the basis of educational and cultural, trade and geographical
considerations*
The following news was received from Kuweit for publication:-
The Principality of Kuweit Jias prevented the youth of Kuweit
to hold a general meeting in honour of Fakhri al Barudi and his 5
companions who visited it recently for fear le^st any speeches were
made in the meeting in criticism of the political conditions, Uhen
the Government found that the youth were insisting on holding the
meejring , they arrested some of them, including Mohammad al Barrak*
Certain prominent persons are now trying to have the prisoners rele
released

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This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-colonial material arriving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region from elsewhere in the Arab world. The majority of the Arabic newspaper clippings is from Iraqi newspapers, and includes coverage of the Arab cause in Palestine during the approximately concurrent Arab Revolt in Palestine that took place between 1936 and 1939. Other sources of Arabic nationalist material include newspaper articles from Egypt and Syria.

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1 file (370 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 372; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-370; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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